I remember getting that Valkyrie skin,my first legendary. I ran around my room and skidded on my knees. But then, something hit me. I felt a hole of disappointment in my body. I had less than one minute with Mercy.
My first legendary was Roadhog's islander skin, which was good because I love that hoe. Actually, I love all the hoes that I have legendary skins for. Roadhog, Mei, and Zenyatta.
Hope you all had a great holiday break (or are continuing to have one!) - thanks for the patience, vids will be back to more normal schedule now :) Quick notes - I know a few folk have done similar to this kind of vid, but wanted to do my own take - so, let me know what's good, what's not and similar. Appreciate your feedback! [EXPAND FOR MORE] Also, there's a lot of SMITE footage in here - great game, please do check it out if you like MOBAS or gods, myths and legends. I am a big fan - wanted to tell the best story I could :) Big thanks to my guest voiceover, who you may recognise from the Reaper and D.va videos :D Also, do check out the awesome artists who gave permission for their art to be used, they are linked up in the description! What do you think of Mercy's connections / inspirations from her Sigrun and Valkyrie skins? Do you think they fit (what we know of) her character? I love some of the inspirations! Remember, it's not a canon skin. Mercy hasn't been reborn three times ;D If you'd like to see more of this kind of thing, do let me know what characters or skins you'd like seeing covered! Hero Lore/Ints/Voicelines will be back in next few days :) Hammeh
I love that you have Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries playing in the background. Wagner's The Ring operas are one of the main reasons why Norse myths are seen the way they are today and, like the Poetic Eddar, provided inspiration for Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
Junkrat is an Aussie(Australian) and I think Roadies a Kiwi (New Zealander) judging by some of Roadhogs skins and how close both countries are. (I live down here btw)
Something I don't think you mentioned, Hammeh; I know this was about the legendary skins in particular, but in canon Mercy's suit (I.e. normal skin) is called- someone correct me if I'm wrong- the VALKYRIE Swift-Response Suit. Mercy is tied to Valkyries in more ways that just her legendary skins :D
Now that we have more Genji/Mercy details, Genji's near death experience is very similar to the Helgie? being reborn. Assuming that Genji/Mercy can be confirmed beyond speculation.
As a person who has the Valkyrie skin on 24/7 and plays Mercy a lot I have heard the "I'm the chooser of the slain" voice line a decent amount of times... I believe she says it when you she gets a solo kill?
i'll be honest, i'm actually beyond impressed with this video. I didn't realize there was as much information or layers of connective references with these skins to ... actually make a decent video. I'm impressed and happy. I was almost worried this was a desperate grab for anything to make a video of (as you update more often than the game does haha) but damn this was good and informative. Keep it up, im looking forward to whatever skin you pick next : D
Until more lore has been released, I still think Mercy might have formed a type of, God complex. And I'm very intrigued to see how God of War will handle Valkyrie.
I really like the idea of Hero skin Lore. However, there aren't really that many skins with historical background. Let's see: Mercy's Valkyrie Skins Pharah's Raindancer/Thunderbird Reinhardt's Legendary Skins Zenyatta's Legendary Skins Roadhog's Aboriginal Skins Symmetra's Devi Skins and I don't think you can do much with Roadhog.
The video was enjoyable and really informative. To throw in my personal favorite pop culture valkyries: Valkyrie Profile is an awesome series I'd heavily recommend.
with mercy's imp and devil skin they were inspired by succubus in wow and other mythology they were known for being very attractive and impish/evil for they would lure men to their lairs and kill them.
+Victor Cigarroa Do let me know how the flow and length was, you're probably not! My writing, so any criticism or ways you think I can improve, do let me know!
Yes Hammy! I was wondering where you were at man, 5 days without you! Glad to see this upload, keep up the good work and hope you're having / had a good holiday break :)
The first time I've heard about Valkyries was when I used to play Ragnarok Online. They were like some sort of death angels and everybody wanted to kill them cause they dropped really good, high tier armor. They were really hard to kill tho.
Wonderful video. As a lover of Nordic religion and mythology Sigrun was the first skin I bought in Overwatch. I also loved the Stormheim area in the new WoW expansion. Though as a follower of Sylvannas and a love for all things Norse, bringing her to enslave Eyir was painful. I'd love to see the Vrykul become a playable race in WoW. Also nice nods to Smite in this video.
you think there may be a connection with sigrin and helgy in connection with mercy and gengi because she brought him back to life and all, and their relationship may be more then that?
Sigrun story almost like the story of Genji and Mercy (speculation). where mercy save genji (Helgi return to valhala) and mercy create valkyrie suit. (the time still unknown whether mercy save genji 1st or create valkyrie suit 1st. As we know, Mercy join Overwatch 1st whether she create the suit before save Genji is still unknown)... might have connection
Speaking of the marvel character named Valkyrie, there is a video game character by that name. The one from two Japanese exclusive games: The Adventure of Valkyrie Legend of the Key of Time, and The Legend of Valkyrie, and she resides in a world called Marvel Land.
"No connection to Sigrun's story?" Really? I can definitely think of one Overwatch character was died to someone honor-bound to kill him, only to be reborn, with the killer living as a outcast. The only difference is that Genji was killed by his own brother and Helgi was apparently killed by Sigrun's.
+Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) Watching this video makes me wonder; Why is it that Mercy has skins that are themed after Germanic mythology and that all of her non-English voice lines are in German? Mercy is from Switzerland, and there are four official languages in Switzerland: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. I'd love to see some skins that are themed more towards other parts of Swiss culture and to hear some voice lines of hers spoken in the other official languages of Switzerland.
mercys line "i am the choser of the slain" is in game, ive heard it a couple times but ive never knew what it ment. I dont think the line is that common though, it might just be with her valkyrie/sigrun skins?
Great video as always Hammeh! I hope you don't mind me leaving a suggestion for a skin? Dijinyatta and ifrit Zenyatta! In case you have trouble with research. Here's basically the story of those skins. I think your viewers might be intersted! Djinnyatta is a reference to jinns (الجن), or djinns, in Arabian and Islamic mythology. They are genies that can be good, neutral or evil, and are believed to be one of the three sapient beings that God created in Islam: humans, angels and jinns. They are mentioned frequently in the Quran, the Islamic holy book. The look of Djinnyatta with the turban vaguely resembles a typical genie as depicted in most folklore. Ifrit refers to a certain group of mostly evil jinns known for their strength and slyness. They are large winged creatures of fire that inhabit the underground and frequently visit ruins. Ordinary weapons cannot harm them, but magic can be used to capture and enslave or kill them.
I don't recall that you mention that in Mercy's lore, her armor is named Valkyrie. Yep, easy link between character and skin, check it out, it's in her bio ine the Blizzard site. Anyway, great video : ) .
6:15 This section you say that you can't find any ties from sigruns story to mercys lore but it could potentially have some depending on how you look at it. Helgi (Jack Morrison) meets Sigrune (Mercy) leading a band of nine valkyries (lazygamer.net/images/2016/05/Overwatch-cast-2.jpg?resize=820%2C379) if you exclude either Mercy or Jack there are nine members of the main strike team before the fall of overwatch that we are made aware off. I can't make anything of the marrage section but the next part of the story is very interesting. So in the sigrun story Dagr has to swear fealty to Halgi similar to how Gabriel probably feels after has been pushed to one side after losing his position of commander of Overwatch to Jack. Dagr(Gabriel Reyes) summons odin who gives him a weapon to slay helgi(Jack Morrison). Now if you know your Norse Mythology you'd know Odin has one eye and we can interpret this as being the eye at the center of the Sombra graph (articles.pvplive.net/article_images/Sombra%20movie.jpg) we see it in one of the sombra animations. Dagr(Gabriel Reyes) kills Helgi(Jack Morrison) in the destruction of Overwatch headquarters. Sigrun(Mercy) puts a curse on Dagr(Gabriel Reyes) after which he can only live off carrion which is the flesh of the already dead. Reaper as we know feeds on the souls of the dead in his current form. Helgi(Jack Morrison) is reborn and we know that Jack is reborn as Solider 76. I know it's a bit far fetched but you never know.
I have heard that voice line you said it is not currently in the game. Apparently it is when Mercy kills a lot of enemies with the Valkyrie skin. Also, very nice video
I believe I've seen a Triquetra on Mjolnir in the first Thor movie when Odin tells it that only the worthy can pick it up but I will need to double check. As for other game references to Valkyries, in Halo 5, there's a suit of Mjolnir armour known as the Valkyrie that was designed for use in flying vehicles, similar to how Valkyries are known for flying, as well as featuring skins with names based off of two Valkyries, Eir, which is old Norse for "Help, Mercy", and Hrist, Old Norse for "The Quaking One". After that, there aren't any similarities between the two. Now I'm gonna be honest, I have no idea which skins I'd like you to cover next. As for the mystery guest, I'd like to see more videos with her in.
Funny enough the first thing I thought when you said Broom Hilda was that episode of Looney Tunes "what's opera doc" truly Chuck Jones was onto something when he can combined Wagner with Bugs Bunny
The "I am the chooser of the slain" is actually in the game. You must not have heard it yeah. She says it when she kills someone. Atleast on console she does.
They aren't "canon" lore mostly (mercy is not an IRL Valkyrie, whereas Captain Amari *was* how Ana used to look when Younger, etc :)) - but many of them have cool inspirations/sources, some of which are very linked to the characters :)
Thanks Normal! Do let me know what you think! I know a few people do this kind of thing in different ways, some have for many months..so, wanted to do own take on it. :)
John Smith Uhm, that's not phonetically. Sigrun is what both people in the video read, and they both get it wrong in different ways. Phonetically for general English/American would be "Sigg-rune." For Scandinavia it's just "Sigrun", of course.
If I can go on a bit of Thor movies rant for a sec, id like to point out how Loki isn't Thors adopted brother. Rather, he's Odin's brother through a blood bond
McCree would be really cool. His Gambler and Riverboat skins are references to Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. I was raised on Westerns so McCree is kinda my favourite character...
Ok, I may be talking about something that's already been discussed here, but I think I see a potential direct link from the legends and Overwatch; is it just me, or does the story of Genji seem related to that of Helki (sp?)?
Do zens Ra skin I already know about it I just think it would be entertaining to see you talk about also while talking Egyptian gods you could talk about Ana's Horus skin and pharas Anubis skin
please make a pharah lore about raindancer and thunderbird. Ive seen so many people complain about why did they do that, just because she is Egyptian and those skins are more native american so they get all offended. Is it just a skin or does it have lore behind it?
Cristina Marie its been heavily hinted in the new comic that her father is First Nations, making her half Egyptian and half indigenous, so her thunderbird and raindancer skins actually make sense for her to have, as they are apart of her father's culture.
hey Hammeh, could you do some backround lore for who maid mercys gun? my reason is, if she wants everyone to live, why will she kill? ik in game cause you have to kill people.
I heard mercy say "I am the chooser of the slain" when I killed 2 people in a short amount of time.
Ai Victoria same
Ai Victoria Me to
Same.
I remember getting that Valkyrie skin,my first legendary. I ran around my room and skidded on my knees. But then, something hit me. I felt a hole of disappointment in my body.
I had less than one minute with Mercy.
Captain Kaboom Dragon This is the most soft Comment I've read all day. My god. You need some edge in your life.
Captain Kaboom Dragon As a Kinda mercy main I was disappointed to never get any ledgendary skins for her.
My first legendary was Roadhog's islander skin, which was good because I love that hoe. Actually, I love all the hoes that I have legendary skins for. Roadhog, Mei, and Zenyatta.
I love mythology so these are definitely my favorite skins for her. They really go well with her character.
Hope you all had a great holiday break (or are continuing to have one!) - thanks for the patience, vids will be back to more normal schedule now :) Quick notes - I know a few folk have done similar to this kind of vid, but wanted to do my own take - so, let me know what's good, what's not and similar. Appreciate your feedback! [EXPAND FOR MORE]
Also, there's a lot of SMITE footage in here - great game, please do check it out if you like MOBAS or gods, myths and legends. I am a big fan - wanted to tell the best story I could :)
Big thanks to my guest voiceover, who you may recognise from the Reaper and D.va videos :D Also, do check out the awesome artists who gave permission for their art to be used, they are linked up in the description!
What do you think of Mercy's connections / inspirations from her Sigrun and Valkyrie skins? Do you think they fit (what we know of) her character? I love some of the inspirations! Remember, it's not a canon skin. Mercy hasn't been reborn three times ;D If you'd like to see more of this kind of thing, do let me know what characters or skins you'd like seeing covered!
Hero Lore/Ints/Voicelines will be back in next few days :)
Hammeh
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) what music did you use for this video?
Happy holidays, love watching your vids!
Saying others have done similar doesnt make copycat stuff more exceptable you know
Mark Ossa What you talking about?
I love that you have Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries playing in the background. Wagner's The Ring operas are one of the main reasons why Norse myths are seen the way they are today and, like the Poetic Eddar, provided inspiration for Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
1:41 I think she's saying
Zpinn that's exactly what I was thinking since she is bringing the heroes back from death/where souls go after death
Zpinn that's what I thought too
it’s not English...it translates to “to heaven!”
Great video. I really like the idea of having skin lore videos
Dr. Monty give me perkholics
Dr. Monty fuck off with ur carpenter gobble gums
Ripped off the idea from another channel.
Mark Ossa ripped off? Are you talking about gajin goomba. Why can't multiple people do the same topic
Yes! I'm always excited for a Mercy video!
You don't have to if you want, But a Roadhog's Islander skin lore video would be awesome.
Great vid mate, Happy Holidays.
Dro Torres specially after the movie moana just came out
Junkrat is an Aussie(Australian) and I think Roadies a Kiwi (New Zealander) judging by some of Roadhogs skins and how close both countries are. (I live down here btw)
Something I don't think you mentioned, Hammeh; I know this was about the legendary skins in particular, but in canon Mercy's suit (I.e. normal skin) is called- someone correct me if I'm wrong- the VALKYRIE Swift-Response Suit. Mercy is tied to Valkyries in more ways that just her legendary skins :D
Hammeh showed the Freya Lore video from SMITE, I like it when i see things from SMITE, way unpopular
Couldn't agree more. First thing I did after the video was play freya again.
+UberObliterator did indeed and I really love smite lore presentation and the game, everyone should check it out. Gods aplenty!
+McKon Freya, I played nothing but her levelling up for a while! Such a hyper carry. I powered to 27 a while back, I'm tempted to finish the job..
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) I got 3000 hours Played, Freya is Definitely one of my favorites, especially with that tennis skin!
Sorry guys but I'm more a chronos guy >.
Mercy,
my main,
my favorite,
the reason my boyfriend still plays overwatch with me
i love her so much lmao
Now that we have more Genji/Mercy details, Genji's near death experience is very similar to the Helgie? being reborn. Assuming that Genji/Mercy can be confirmed beyond speculation.
As a person who has the Valkyrie skin on 24/7 and plays Mercy a lot I have heard the "I'm the chooser of the slain" voice line a decent amount of times... I believe she says it when you she gets a solo kill?
That's been put in and i missed it then! I havent played with that skin a huge amount in a while, thanks Almo!
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft)
i'll be honest, i'm actually beyond impressed with this video. I didn't realize there was as much information or layers of connective references with these skins to ... actually make a decent video. I'm impressed and happy. I was almost worried this was a desperate grab for anything to make a video of (as you update more often than the game does haha) but damn this was good and informative. Keep it up, im looking forward to whatever skin you pick next : D
Until more lore has been released, I still think Mercy might have formed a type of, God complex.
And I'm very intrigued to see how God of War will handle Valkyrie.
I really like the idea of Hero skin Lore. However, there aren't really that many skins with historical background. Let's see:
Mercy's Valkyrie Skins
Pharah's Raindancer/Thunderbird
Reinhardt's Legendary Skins
Zenyatta's Legendary Skins
Roadhog's Aboriginal Skins
Symmetra's Devi Skins
and I don't think you can do much with Roadhog.
Great video! Probably one of the best and most useful overwatch channels on RUclips!
These are really awesome, I knew about her Valkyrie skins but not the Sigrun skin, keep up the videos
The video was enjoyable and really informative. To throw in my personal favorite pop culture valkyries: Valkyrie Profile is an awesome series I'd heavily recommend.
the voice line "I AM THE CHOOSER OF THE SLAIN" is already in the game
For the next skins lore,i really want to see Ana's Captain Amari/Horus skins or Reaper's El Blanco/Mariachi skins.
Thanks, I was exactly looking for that in more details! +1sub
Could you also try and explain her devil skins please? Thanks
Mercy is the devil with her stealing play of the games lol
with mercy's imp and devil skin they were inspired by succubus in wow and other mythology they were known for being very attractive and impish/evil for they would lure men to their lairs and kill them.
SharkashiaGamer oh..... So, Mercy is evil then
Thanks for explaining
np :3
Can you do Hanzo's Okami skin next?
I thought she said "Til Valhalla" like "you're not dying yet"
The voice line, "I am the chooser of the slain" , i've heard that before. So it is already in the game
Am I the only one that got lost during the history part?
+Victor Cigarroa Do let me know how the flow and length was, you're probably not! My writing, so any criticism or ways you think I can improve, do let me know!
Victor Cigarroa no i got slightly lost too, however i think its due in part mostly because i dont know what smite is or any other games he mentioned
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) it was good just for my understanding it was a bit too fast to keep up with all the names and everything else
Hammeh! I missed hearing you and listening to your storytime! I hope you had a great Christmas.
When she kills someone with the valkyrie skin equipped she says the voice line “I am the chooser of the slain”
Yes Hammy! I was wondering where you were at man, 5 days without you! Glad to see this upload, keep up the good work and hope you're having / had a good holiday break :)
Needed some holidays! Was great thanks, hope yours were great too!
The first time I've heard about Valkyries was when I used to play Ragnarok Online. They were like some sort of death angels and everybody wanted to kill them cause they dropped really good, high tier armor. They were really hard to kill tho.
Wonderful video. As a lover of Nordic religion and mythology Sigrun was the first skin I bought in Overwatch. I also loved the Stormheim area in the new WoW expansion. Though as a follower of Sylvannas and a love for all things Norse, bringing her to enslave Eyir was painful. I'd love to see the Vrykul become a playable race in WoW. Also nice nods to Smite in this video.
Lmao just finished watching, I was just watching the reaper lore video half an hour ago, and funnily enough, the guest comes back for this video!
she says " i am the chooser of the slain" when u kill phara midair. I've heard it every time I've done it.
I hope you cover Soldier's "stunt rider" skins, especially given that I'm old enough to have watched Kenivel in his day.
Good ol "ride of the Valkyries" there in the beginning ;)
+Dank Meme duh dun dun dun dunnnnnm dunnnnn..was tempted to mention Apocalypse Now. Should have!
Dank Meme I was looking for this comment :D
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) love that movie :D
Can you do Hanzo Okami/Lone Wolf? Love your content bty!
this
***** a racist furry, apparently, he hates being in numbani with his wolf skin
I'm pretty sure her "chooser of the slain" line is in game! Its one of her on kill lines, I got it while killing a Mccree.
Sorry to bring this up so late, but the voice line is 'Till Valhalla!' which as mentioned below should be translated as 'Until Valhalla'
I can't wait for Thor Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy 2!
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"I am the chooser of the slain" is in the game she said it when i got a triple kill with her
Yay know what's funny,Mercy's Valkyrie skin has a small sword (dagger) yet she doesn't uses it xD
Love Flight of the Valkyries playing in the intro.
you think there may be a connection with sigrin and helgy in connection with mercy and gengi because she brought him back to life and all, and their relationship may be more then that?
Yes
Nice insights again! ^^
Amazing video! 💕 Im not sure if this changed anything, but I think Mercy says "till Valhalla" when she rezzes
Sigrun story almost like the story of Genji and Mercy (speculation).
where mercy save genji (Helgi return to valhala) and mercy create valkyrie suit. (the time still unknown whether mercy save genji 1st or create valkyrie suit 1st. As we know, Mercy join Overwatch 1st whether she create the suit before save Genji is still unknown)... might have connection
I heard the "I am the chooser of the slain" upon getting a kill with valkyrie Mercy.
I was on Xbox.
Speaking of the marvel character named Valkyrie, there is a video game character by that name. The one from two Japanese exclusive games: The Adventure of Valkyrie Legend of the Key of Time, and The Legend of Valkyrie, and she resides in a world called Marvel Land.
Good stuff, keep it up!
Hey Hammeh! I have heard mercy say that she is the choser of the slain it happened when I got a Blaster kill with the skin equipped
Angela Ziegler
lol, no wonder it's rare. Mercy only says those voicelines when she solo kills.
Isai Baez 😂
Isai Baez But she does a surprising amount of damage
Mercy main btw
Mister SaggyMoobs
Yeah mercy has surprising damage. mercy is my main, but I don't use the skin so that's probably why I dont hear the line.
Isai Baez Yeah I have 55+ hours on mercy 😄😉
"No connection to Sigrun's story?" Really? I can definitely think of one Overwatch character was died to someone honor-bound to kill him, only to be reborn, with the killer living as a outcast. The only difference is that Genji was killed by his own brother and Helgi was apparently killed by Sigrun's.
+Applied Atoms Sure, there's a parallel there! You might be feeding a ship tho ;) hope you enjoyed man!
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) Indeed I might be, but what really caught my attention was when Sigrun's brother was shown using a bow.
another good vid hammeh 😊
Nice song choice when you first go into what's going to happen in this video
Pro cod Player Amari ride of the valkyrie
+Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) Watching this video makes me wonder; Why is it that Mercy has skins that are themed after Germanic mythology and that all of her non-English voice lines are in German? Mercy is from Switzerland, and there are four official languages in Switzerland: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. I'd love to see some skins that are themed more towards other parts of Swiss culture and to hear some voice lines of hers spoken in the other official languages of Switzerland.
mercys line "i am the choser of the slain" is in game, ive heard it a couple times but ive never knew what it ment. I dont think the line is that common though, it might just be with her valkyrie/sigrun skins?
Would love a Pharah's Thunderbird video :D
Great video as always Hammeh!
I hope you don't mind me leaving a suggestion for a skin? Dijinyatta and ifrit Zenyatta!
In case you have trouble with research. Here's basically the story of those skins. I think your viewers might be intersted!
Djinnyatta is a reference to jinns (الجن), or djinns, in Arabian and Islamic mythology. They are genies that can be good, neutral or evil, and are believed to be one of the three sapient beings that God created in Islam: humans, angels and jinns. They are mentioned frequently in the Quran, the Islamic holy book. The look of Djinnyatta with the turban vaguely resembles a typical genie as depicted in most folklore.
Ifrit refers to a certain group of mostly evil jinns known for their strength and slyness. They are large winged creatures of fire that inhabit the underground and frequently visit ruins. Ordinary weapons cannot harm them, but magic can be used to capture and enslave or kill them.
Nice idea! If/when this is done, I will credit you and thanks ScorpioN! :)
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) You are most welcome! I'm always happy to help :D
I don't recall that you mention that in Mercy's lore, her armor is named Valkyrie. Yep, easy link between character and skin, check it out, it's in her bio ine the Blizzard site. Anyway, great video : ) .
6:15 This section you say that you can't find any ties from sigruns story to mercys lore but it could potentially have some depending on how you look at it. Helgi (Jack Morrison) meets Sigrune (Mercy) leading a band of nine valkyries (lazygamer.net/images/2016/05/Overwatch-cast-2.jpg?resize=820%2C379) if you exclude either Mercy or Jack there are nine members of the main strike team before the fall of overwatch that we are made aware off. I can't make anything of the marrage section but the next part of the story is very interesting. So in the sigrun story Dagr has to swear fealty to Halgi similar to how Gabriel probably feels after has been pushed to one side after losing his position of commander of Overwatch to Jack. Dagr(Gabriel Reyes) summons odin who gives him a weapon to slay helgi(Jack Morrison). Now if you know your Norse Mythology you'd know Odin has one eye and we can interpret this as being the eye at the center of the Sombra graph (articles.pvplive.net/article_images/Sombra%20movie.jpg) we see it in one of the sombra animations. Dagr(Gabriel Reyes) kills Helgi(Jack Morrison) in the destruction of Overwatch headquarters. Sigrun(Mercy) puts a curse on Dagr(Gabriel Reyes) after which he can only live off carrion which is the flesh of the already dead. Reaper as we know feeds on the souls of the dead in his current form. Helgi(Jack Morrison) is reborn and we know that Jack is reborn as Solider 76. I know it's a bit far fetched but you never know.
What if the sigrun skin is link with Mercy's help to rebulid genij?
sweet. could ya do pharah's rain dancer next?
Anyone beside me expected Gaijin Goomba to be the special guest?
+Wslasher I love his work, and would be lying if I said I hadn't watched it :)
Lol, very appropriate music for the subject of the video
I have heard that voice line you said it is not currently in the game. Apparently it is when Mercy kills a lot of enemies with the Valkyrie skin. Also, very nice video
I believe I've seen a Triquetra on Mjolnir in the first Thor movie when Odin tells it that only the worthy can pick it up but I will need to double check.
As for other game references to Valkyries, in Halo 5, there's a suit of Mjolnir armour known as the Valkyrie that was designed for use in flying vehicles, similar to how Valkyries are known for flying, as well as featuring skins with names based off of two Valkyries, Eir, which is old Norse for "Help, Mercy", and Hrist, Old Norse for "The Quaking One". After that, there aren't any similarities between the two.
Now I'm gonna be honest, I have no idea which skins I'd like you to cover next. As for the mystery guest, I'd like to see more videos with her in.
Funny enough the first thing I thought when you said Broom Hilda was that episode of Looney Tunes "what's opera doc" truly Chuck Jones was onto something when he can combined Wagner with Bugs Bunny
You ought to team up with Gaijin Goomba for one of these in the future. That could be awesome.
I'd happily do so! Will give him a shout :)
The "I am the chooser of the slain" is actually in the game. You must not have heard it yeah. She says it when she kills someone. Atleast on console she does.
Great vid
Warcraft lore? Hells yes.
great video as always...just one thing, odyn in the wow lore is not a titan he is a titan keeper (a thing made by the titans) :D
I didn't know skins had a story/lore
They aren't "canon" lore mostly (mercy is not an IRL Valkyrie, whereas Captain Amari *was* how Ana used to look when Younger, etc :)) - but many of them have cool inspirations/sources, some of which are very linked to the characters :)
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) oh ok thanks :)
D.V.a Many of them do actually. Reaper's skins do. Zenyatta's do and many others.
Scσяρισи Tнє Hєℓℓѕραωи like the Plague Doctor skin and the ra
D.V.a Yep.
Yay, I suggested this :D
Thanks Normal! Do let me know what you think! I know a few people do this kind of thing in different ways, some have for many months..so, wanted to do own take on it. :)
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) I've never watched one before, currently grinding Dark Souls 3 but will watch it later. I'm sure it'll be good.
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) can you do pharah's raindancer skin next? plssss
+Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) can you do Hanzo's Okami skin next?
I just did a test and "I am the chooser of the slain" is in fact in the game.
This went in since I last extensively played in this skin then, my bad! Thanks for the shout! :)
I thought it was "till Valhalla" because if I remember right Valhalla is where the warriors go after death?
Styx Same here..
Could you do Wadjet/wasteland Ana skin next?
Loved the video.
For future reference it's pronounced more like "Siggrune" than "Psygroon."
Hamburger Eating Me Its actually pronounced phonetically. "Sigrun"
John Smith
Uhm, that's not phonetically. Sigrun is what both people in the video read, and they both get it wrong in different ways.
Phonetically for general English/American would be "Sigg-rune."
For Scandinavia it's just "Sigrun", of course.
You've done your homework! Great video man!
Thanks! Lots of different sources and threads, could have gone more to town with Valkyrie in StarCraft and many more places too....glad you enjoyed!
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) next video!
Hammeh - Overwatch (FailCraft) I only use that Mercy skin
If I can go on a bit of Thor movies rant for a sec, id like to point out how Loki isn't Thors adopted brother. Rather, he's Odin's brother through a blood bond
I think Odyn is a Titan Watcher or Keeper, not a Titan. (Great vid as always! =))
Odin.
Odyn as in the Keeper in WoW.
McCree would be really cool.
His Gambler and Riverboat skins are references to Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp.
I was raised on Westerns so McCree is kinda my favourite character...
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Plot twist: they're already in Valhalla.
Mercy doesn't say "To Vallhalla" but "TILL Vallhalla". so she's just saying that you can't die yet
was that a necropolis soundtrack in the video?
just something I noticed that could be interesting... Hanzo is a real person. Google him up, I never knew that
Nice video
Shout out to Smite.
Shout out to Smite indeed! I love my myths and legends!
I appreciate the smite footage as a smite player
Stupid question, but could you do one of these for Hanzo's wolf skins?
Ok, I may be talking about something that's already been discussed here, but I think I see a potential direct link from the legends and Overwatch; is it just me, or does the story of Genji seem related to that of Helki (sp?)?
You are genius you used song ride of valkyres
Do zens Ra skin I already know about it I just think it would be entertaining to see you talk about also while talking Egyptian gods you could talk about Ana's Horus skin and pharas Anubis skin
This is....an episode in itself :D Thanks! :D
please make a pharah lore about raindancer and thunderbird. Ive seen so many people complain about why did they do that, just because she is Egyptian and those skins are more native american so they get all offended. Is it just a skin or does it have lore behind it?
Cristina Marie its been heavily hinted in the new comic that her father is First Nations, making her half Egyptian and half indigenous, so her thunderbird and raindancer skins actually make sense for her to have, as they are apart of her father's culture.
Maddy ohh!! thank you *-*
I'd love to see a Norse myth themed map but I don't know how it would fit in with the rest of the maps
hey Hammeh, could you do some backround lore for who maid mercys gun? my reason is, if she wants everyone to live, why will she kill? ik in game cause you have to kill people.
FUCK YEAH I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME WARCRAFT LORE
so next will be Roadhog's Toa/Islander?
Me Myself Yeah, I'd love to see a vid about that
With all these clips you used, it kinda makes me want to play smite more than overwatch lol